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littleanan

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What causes a spurious correlation?
 
  a. a positive correlation that appears as a negative correlation
  b. the effect of a third variable on both of the original variables
  c. unreliable operational definitions of the variables
  d. a research design that is not verifiable
  e. the lack of any apparent relationship among the variables

Question 2

Which of the different types of research methods listed below provides the best illustration of the concept of causation?
 
  a. experiment
  b. survey
  c. field research
  d. the verstehen approach
  e. a pretest and posttest


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Reply #1 on: Jul 1, 2018
Answer to Question 1

B

Answer to Question 2

A


littleanan

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Reply 2 on: Jul 1, 2018
:D TYSM

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Wow, this really help

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